Improved hay and cotton press



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS DQREAD', F, R. READ, AND GYRUS DORREL, OF RISING SUN, IND.

IMPRovED HAY AND COTTON PRESS'.v

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,956, dated May 22,1866; antedated May 3, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, T.D.READ, F. R. READ, and O. DORREL, of Rising Sun,Ohio county, Indiana, have invented a new and useful 1mprovement in Hayand Cotton Presses, of which the following is a full and cleardescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to a series of clamps in the beater of the pressand notches in the frameof the machine for their reception, for thepurpose of preventing the upward motion of the beater when the press hasbeen iilled with the material to be pressed also, toa mechanical devicecomposed of levers and pulleys, for the purpose of compressing1 thematerial to be baled.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of ourimproved press. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the beater and clamp. Fig.3 is a perspective view ofpartofthe beater, showing the clamps upon 011eside and the foot of the engaging-lever near the notched guide of thebeater.

A is the frame of the press. B is a beater, which moves freely withinthe four parallel posts a a.

In the four corners of the beater are pivoted in mortises the clamps b,which are moved out or in by means of the knuckle-jointed levers c.

To the center of levers c is attached a cord, which, after passing overa pulley immediately above the beater, is secured to adrum of theordinary horse-power.

To the posts t and a are pivoted the levers d, which are movedvertically in the frame by means of a series of cords connected with themain drum of the horse-power.

ient distance from the pivoted end of levers d are pivoted levers e,having at their upper ends the rollers f, which bear upon the inclinedplate g.

Vbeater is elevated by any mechanical device.

When sufficient material to be compressed is in the press the clamps binsert themselves in notches b. At the time the horse-power is reversedland the time for hooping the bale has arrived the lever d is raised toits greatest height, the revolution of the driving-drum of thehorse-power being reversed, vthe lever d is drawn down, lever i havinghad its foot in the meantime inserted in the notch j of' the notchedguide of the beater, during the ascent of lever d, through the agency oflever e and inclined plate g.

As our press is constructed it is much less expensive and moreeconomical than those now in use; also, by having one of theplatform-doors down during the filling of the press much time may besaved.

Having described our improved hay and cotton press, and the operation ofits various parts, We make the following claim:

The combination of the levers d, e, and fi, rollers f and h, inclinedplate g, and notch j, in the guide of the beater, constructed as abovedescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

CYRUS DORREL. FRANKLIN READ. THOMAS D. READ.

Witnesses G. PIEPHO, GHR. DOEGEN.

